I must start by commending my fellow Emirates pilots on their observations with respect to the continued deteriorating conditions at Emirates and speaking out on this issue. It is refreshing to see the truth emerging from the iron curtain.
I have seen a marked change in attitude towards the treatment of the pilot group over the past few years at this company. While Emirates continues to expand and post record profits, they continue to squeeze and erode both the financial and living conditions of the very people who they rely on to perform this miraculous expansion they dream of. All the observations presented above by my esteemed colleagues I can attest are valid and accurate. Make no mistake about it, as one of the previous posters stated in this thread Emirates is a 3rd world airline (no matter how much glitz they attach to it) in a 3rd world country. Don’t be deceived by the gloss and enter this outfit forewarned and educated. Then you won’t be surprised when the conditions deteriorate further over the next few years and you’re left wondering why you left your previous employer for this bunch.
The one thing I have learned in this business is there is always a pilot willing to fill a seat in an aircraft and I have no doubt there will be those who dream of filling those seats at Emirates. My advice: for those of you with secure jobs at your present company with a future ahead of you: Stay. For those of you of you with considerable jet command experience: I would suggest you might want to watch for Direct Entry Commands (as much as I hate to agree with anything 441A might say) as I see them as a really possibility in this company in the future. For those of you who are desperate to find work: Come to Emirates as there is probably going to be a seat for you here. Should pilots heed this advice I will feel really comfortable knowing the First Officers I fly with will have at least come to this company with the “blinders off” and will know what they are getting themselves into.
Regards to all